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Lauren recounts her experience at Tuning The Vine, a mid-week wine tasting adventure in the heart of Cape Town CBD.

Joburgers don't know how good they've got it when it comes to getting away for a weekend. The great advantage of the city’s central location is that within a few hours drive there are an incredible variety of places to escape to, in almost every directio

Portfolio’s Lauren and her husband took a trip to KZN, taking in the spicy flavours of Durban, the sweeping vistas of the Drakensberg and the breathtaking tranquillity of the Sani Valley. Here she tells us about her stays along the way...

Portfolio’s Lauren finds sanctuary in Sani Valley Nature Lodges, one of the most beautiful places in KZN…

Portfolio’s Lauren relates tales of Roman-style feasting at gourmet getaway Cleopatra Mountain Farmhouse.

South Africa is certainly one of the most scenic countries in the world and one of the very best ways to appreciate all it has to offer is to take the back roads more often! Instead of driving to the Garden Route from Cape Town via the N2 why not opt to e

Portfolio’s Lauren loses herself in the breathtaking mountains of Cathedral Peak Hotel in the Drakensberg…

For many an African safari is a once-in-a-lifetime trip. A chance to tick the Big 5 off your bucket list. But, with so many areas in Africa offering safari options, it's often hard to know where you should go to get your best safari experience...

Portfolio’s Lauren discovers island vibes and a home décor mecca at Coco De Mer in Ballito…

If you visit the Maropeng Interpretation Centre just outside Joburg from now until 11 October 2015, you'll get to see the hominid fossils which have people taking across the globe and making the front page of the New York Times just last week. Portfolio's

Portfolio’s Lauren experiences a wonderfully warm, feel-at-home welcome at Acorn B&B in Durban…

Portfolio's Creative Director and Resident Artist, James, recently visited the Midlands of KZN and popped in to the studio and factory of the world-famous Ardmore Ceramics...

At Portfolio we’ve noticed that one of the biggest travel trends on the rise is people traveling with their animals, especially dogs. Fortunately there are more and more Portfolio places who are happy to host furry family members…

One of our youngest Portfolio ambassadors, Ivy, recently turned 2. To celebrate her mom, Heidi, took her along to the Two Oceans Aquarium to meet one of her movie idols...

How well did you pay attention in your primary school English lessons? We bet you can’t recall all of the collective nouns… so we thought we’d put together a list of 20 of the best collective nouns for African animals we came across..

Portfolio's James recently spent a night at the glorious Hartford House in the KZN Midlands. Read more about this haven for horse-lovers here...

As Portfolio travel ambassadors we pass through a lot of airports in our travels. But we’re lucky that in this part of the world they’re not all giant modern monstrosities that require a 2km walk through a shopping mall to get to the gate....

Most people looking for accommodation on the eastern side of the Garden Route would normally decide to book by the beach in Plettenberg Bay or in theTsitsikamma forest. But what they don’t know is that there is another option... amongst the fynbos in The

We're giving all travellers, and wannabe travellers, the chance to show us how you live the #PortfolioLifestyle and then win a trip to do it in style!

Our guest blogger, Jonker Fourie, recently spent a relaxing weekend at Fairview House in The Crags and during his time in the area he had a whole lot of family fun with his kids.